Parlor ball game.



W. DAY.

PARLOR BALL GAME.

APPLICATION FILED 050.29, 1916.

1,235, 1 1 9. Patented July 31, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

WILLIAM DAY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PARLOIR BALL GAME.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DAY, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parlor Ball Games, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in parlor ball games and the object of the invention is to devise a board and ball playing apparatus adapted for playing base ball as a parlor game and it consists essentially of a board having pockets corresponding in difiiculty of entrance to double, treble and home runs, a pitching tube held at one end of the board, upstanding plates forming a pitching box located intermediate of the length of the board and a cue for striking the ball passing from the tube through the pitching box, and obstructions placed on the board in such a way as to act as fielders as hereinafter more particularly explained by the following specification.

Figure 1, is a general perspective view of my board showing the apparatus in position for playing.

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through the pitching tube showing the ball in position therein and held ready for pitching.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 indicates the board, the sides and one end of which are provided with a surrounding barrier wall 2. 3 indicates a raised rib projection having an inclined inner face extending upwardly from the face of the board, such rib extending crosswise of the board so as to form a cross groove 3 between the rib 3 and the outer barrier wall 2. The ends of the rib 3 are provided with longitudinally extendingportions 3 and 3 forming grooved extensions 4 and 5 to the cross groove 3 From the inner ends of the grooved extensions4 and 5 extends a V- shaped groove 6, the apex 7 of which is located cent-rally of the board and toward the open end of the board or that end opposite to the end having the barrier wall. The bottoms of the side arms 7 and 7 of such groove incline downwardly toward the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 191 '7.

Application filed. December 29, 1916. Serial No. 139,623.

apex of the V and terminate in a depression or pocket 8. 9 indicates the home plate which is located at the apex 7 of the V.

10 and 11 indicate supplemental ribs extending corner-wise between the ribs 3 and the rib extensions 3 and 33 forming triangular pockets 12 and 13, the outer faces of the ribs 10 and 11 being inclined downwardly and outwardly. 14 indicates a depression or pocket located centrally of the board in proximity to the rib 3. 15 and 16 indicate ball directing plates located at each side of the longitudinal center of the board and flared outwardly toward the closed end of the board, the opposite or converging ends being sufficiently far to allow of the passage therebetween of the ball or marble used in the game. pressions or pockets similar to the depression 14, the depressions 17 and 18 being located at each side of the board in proximity to the rib extensions 3 and 3 19 and 20 indicate two pair of pins located at each side of a line extending between the home plate 9 and the pocket 17 and the line extending between the home plate 9 and the pocket 18. Between the pockets 14 and 17 and 14 and 18 are located raised portions 21 and 22 having inclined sides 23 and a horizontal fiat top portion 24 having a central pocket 25. 26 and 27 indicate pins, the pin 26 being located on one side of each line extending between the home plate 9 and the pocket 25 of each raised portion 21 and 22 and the pin 27 being located at the opposite side of each line 7 extending between the home plate 9 and the pocket 25 of the raised portions 21 and 22. 28 and 29 indicate pins located at each side of the pocket 14. 30 indicates a pitching tube, the lower end of which is chamfered off at 31. 32 indicates a longitudinal slot located in the tube in the under side thereof of suflicient width to allow the ball or marble 33 to project slightly beyond the outer periphery of the tube but not sufficiently large to allow the ball or marble 33 to pass through such slot or to stick therein.

When the tube 30 is gripped by the hands of the player as indicated by full lines in 12 or 13 a home run is counted.

Fig. l and dotted lines in Fig. 2, one of the fingers of the player passes across the slot below the marble thereby retaining the marble in position. When the finger is moved the marble is freed and rolls down the tube. As before stated the marble 33 only slightly depends into the slot so that when it is freed it passes clearly over vthe lower end of the slot and downthe'tube unobstructedly.

34: indicates a cue which is held in the hand of the operator in the usual manner and is used in place of the bat used in the ordinary out door baseball.

The game may be played by two or more players. In starting the game the pitching tube 30 is placedby one of the players in the positionshown in Fig. '1, and a ball inserted in the #tube and held in place by the finger as indicated in Fig. 2. The one 34: is' held in the hands of another player on the opposite side of the pocket 8 to the home plate 9. Upon the ball or marble '33 being freed -by the finger of the player holdingthe pitching tube, such ball rolls down the =tube on to the board. If it fails to cross the home plate or fails to pass through the pitching box a ball will be called. If the ball is hit by the one :34 of another player and'strikes one of the pins 19, 20', 26, 2'7, -28 or 29 an out is made. An out is also made by three strikes being called on the batter, that is, the person using the one. If the ball is hit by the one and passes on to the board remaining thereon in any position without hitting any of the pins a one base hit is counted. If the ball rolls into one of the three holes 14, 17 or 18 a two basehit is counted. If the ball is carried by the stroke of the cue into one of the holes 25 on the projection -21 or '22 a three-base hit is counted. If the ball is carried by the stroke of the one into one of the pockets By the use of the plates 15 and 16 forming the pitching box a ball may be directed from the pitching tube 30 by the pitcher against one .of these plates so as to produce a ball curving either in one direction or the other %s is done in playing the ordinary field base all.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple form of board and apparatus whereby base ball may be played efficiently as a parlor game and in which all scores made in ordinary base ball may be made and the game otherwise played as it would be played in the field.

What I claim as my invention is.

1. In a parlor ball game, a game board, a pitching tube adapted to be held in an inclined position at one end of the board to deliver the ball thereonto, a home plate in proximity to the opposite end of the board adjacent to which a one is adapted inclined position at one end of the board to deliver the ball thereonto, a home plate in proximity to the opposite end of the board adjacent to which a one is adapted to be held, a plurality of pockets varying in difficulty of entrance by the ball, up-

standing plates located opposite the pitching tube and converging at their opposite ends, and a plurality of pins extending from the surface of the board and obstructing the passage of a ball when passing in any direction except in a direct line from the home plate to one of the pockets.

3. In a parlor ball game, a game board having a barrier wall extending aroundthree sidesthereo'f, a rib portion having an inclined inner'face extending parallel with the closed end and sides of theboard intermediately of their length, a V-shaped groove extending from the ends of the longitudinal portions of the rib havingits apex in the center of the board and the bottom of the groove inclined toward such apex and terminating in a pocket, pockets formed in the surface of the board and so located as to vary in difficulty of entrance, a pitching tube adapted to be located at one end of the board, and a one at the opposite end.

4. In a parlor ball game, a game board having a barrier wall extending around three sides thereof, a rib portion having an inclined inner face extending parallel with the closed end and sides of the board intermediately of their length, a 'V-shaped groove extending from the ends of the longitudinal portions of the rib having its apex in the center of the board and the bottom of the groove inclined toward such apex and terminating in a pocket, pockets formed by depressions in the face of the board, pockets formed by depressions in the top of the raised portions having inclined sides extending from the surface of the board, a pitching tube adapted to be located at one eng of the board, and a cue at the opposite en '5. In a parlor ball game, a game board having a barrier wall extending around three sides thereof, a rib portion having an inclined inner face extending parallel with the closed end and sides of the board intermediately of their length, a V-shaped groove extending from the ends of the longitudinal portions of the rib having its apex in the center of the board and the bottom of the groove inclined toward such apex and terminating in a pocket, pockets formed by depressions'in the surface of the board,

pockets formed by depressions in the top board, a pitching tube adapted to be 10- of the raised portions having inclined sides cated at one end of the board, and a cue at extendin from the surface of the board, the opposite end. pockets ormed by rib portions having in- E clined inner faces extending across the Witnesses:

angle formed by the rib portion extending M. EGAN, parallel to the closed end and sides of the L. E. MCMACKON.

WILLIAM DAY.

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